100-400mm Canon L info

Rebel0716 wrote in post #12065478
Just bought one how is it haven't tried it really yet.

The last post was almost 9 years ago.

Rebel0716 wrote in post #12065478
Just bought one how is it haven't tried it really yet.

Okay Rebel0716, I have to know....did you know this thread was this old?

Talk about bringing something back from the dead!

Well, as long as we're here, I own that lens, and it is very nice.

But lots of us fell for it--I guess it pays to check the dates...

Julius

I just posted this to the 70-300L thread, so may as well post it here. It looks like this lens runs about the same price range as the 70-300L. I'm wondering what else to consider besides giving up 30 on the short end for another 100 on the long end. Seems to be a pretty good trade for the same money?

Shoot birds 5dMK2. I broke my sigma 50-500 with 1.4x & 2x didn't like the 2x.

I have a 100-400 I bought a canon 1.4x AF seems slow so I use the focus ring for final adjustment.

I have a separate issue with my 100-400 manual focus will not record any data??? (no picture) other lens's OK.

fstop72 wrote in post #13382608
Shoot birds 5dMK2. I broke my sigma 50-500 with 1.4x & 2x didn't like the 2x.

I have a 100-400 I bought a canon 1.4x AF seems slow so I use the focus ring for final adjustment.

I have a separate issue with my 100-400 manual focus will not record any data??? (no picture) other lens's OK.

I'm not certain what you're saying/asking here, but I'll take a swing at it and hope it helps.

The 100-400L will only AF properly on a 1 series camera body; there are ways to get around that, but, as you've noted AF will be quite slow. This is a limitation of the system, not a problem with the lens.

There is no way manual FOCUS will prevent the lens from transferring light to the sensor; if you're getting no image there is another problem somewhere. If you have more details on your settings, etc, when you get no picture recorded we can give you more help there.

Thank you

Figured out my no picture problem the fstop was open to wide andgave me an overexposure screen.

cool; glad you got it sorted out

So a user actually uses the SEARCH function and gets beat up for reviving an old thread.

Imagine if he did not search and created a new thread.

How many would jump on him, telling him to use the SEARCH function.

SEARCH <---- damned if you do, damned if you don't !

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Yeah - but the reviver was responding to a QUESTION that was 9 years old, not looking for info or asking for current opinions, lol, it was a trolling expedition pure and simple....